From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/65799 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Simon Josefsson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Gnus can't handle maildir groups with a space in the group name Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:42:51 +0100 Message-ID: <87tzn6idfo.fsf@mocca.josefsson.org> References: <877ik3o6lj.fsf@member.fsf.org> <87fxyrwk1w.fsf@member.fsf.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1196264641 18626 80.91.229.12 (28 Nov 2007 15:44:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:44:01 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M14295@lists.math.uh.edu Wed Nov 28 16:44:05 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IxP4g-0008QX-D7 for ding-account@gmane.org; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:43:42 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1IxP4J-0008FF-N4; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:43:19 -0600 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1IxP4I-0008Ew-8V for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:43:18 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IxP4B-0006Rd-Tg for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:43:17 -0600 Original-Received: from yxa.extundo.com ([83.241.177.38]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1IxP48-0007Cg-00 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:43:08 +0100 Original-Received: from mocca.josefsson.org (yxa.extundo.com [83.241.177.38]) (authenticated bits=0) by yxa.extundo.com (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-3sarge3) with ESMTP id lASFgodm025635 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:42:52 +0100 OpenPGP: id=B565716F; url=http://josefsson.org/key.txt Mail-Copies-To: nobody X-Hashcash: 1:22:071128:ding@gnus.org::fsDBFJ14uI5MPQcM:Bqx In-Reply-To: <87fxyrwk1w.fsf@member.fsf.org> (Tassilo Horn's message of "Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:43:55 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=4.0 tests=SPF_PASS autolearn=disabled version=3.1.7 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) on yxa-iv X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88.2, clamav-milter version 0.88.2 on yxa.extundo.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Score: -2.5 (--) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:65799 Archived-At: Tassilo Horn writes: > prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) writes: > > Hi Paul, > >> Tassilo Horn wrote: >>> (I know I can fiddle with OfflineIMAP and provide a customized group >>> name to maildir folder translation somehow, but I don't see a reason why >>> Gnus should fail with maildir groups with whitespaces.) >> >> The interface between Gnus and its backends (such as nnmaildir) >> involves some data being passed as space-delimited text, instead of as >> structured values. So spaces won't work in group names, regardless of >> which backnd you use. > > Really? At least nnimap had no problems with those groups. And out of > sudden the "nnmaildir+Fastmail:INBOX.Sent Mail" group is there and seems > to work without problems. Only "INBOX.Junk Mail" is missing. If I say > `U' in *Group* I can tab-complete the group name, but after the RET Gnus > says "gnus-group-unsubscribe-group: No such newsgroup: > nnmaildir+Fastmail:INBOX.Junk Mail". Yeah, IIRC, spaces work fine in Gnus if they are escaped as foo\ bar when they are exchanged between Gnus and nn*. /Simon